Instagram Profile Followers Scraper — Bulk Export

Collect followers from several public Instagram profiles in one job and export them as structured rows. No login, no cookie, no session.

Built for volume: a per-profile cap, one dataset with every row tagged by source, and a resume token so a large export can span several runs.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
profiles	array	—	Required. Profiles whose followers you want.
limit	integer	100	Rows per profile. 0 pulls the whole list.
addonProfile	boolean	false	Swaps each row for that follower's full public profile.
continueFrom	string	—	Resume token from an earlier run.

{
  "profiles": ["cristiano", "leomessi", "neymarjr"],
  "limit": 2000,
  "addonProfile": false
}

limit applies per profile, which is what makes bulk jobs predictable: three profiles at 2,000 gives you up to 6,000 rows, split evenly rather than exhausted by whichever profile happens to be largest.

Output

Field	What it holds
username	Follower's username
full_name	Display name
id	Instagram user ID
is_private	Whether their account is private
is_verified	Whether they're verified
profile_pic_url	Profile image
source_username	Which profile they follow
enriched	Whether the full profile was fetched

{
  "username": "leomessi",
  "full_name": "Leo Messi",
  "is_verified": true,
  "is_private": false,
  "source_username": "cristiano",
  "enriched": false
}

Group on source_username to split the dataset back out per profile — or to find the overlap, which is usually the interesting part of a multi-profile export.

Resuming across runs

The log emits a token as collection proceeds:

🔖 CONTINUE TOKEN (@cristiano): QVFEc0h...

Paste it into continueFrom to continue rather than restart. It applies to the first profile in the list only, so a resumable job should be one profile at a time.

Questions

Why is limit per profile rather than per run? So one huge account can't consume the whole budget. With a shared cap, a 600-million-follower profile listed first would exhaust it before the second profile was touched. Per-profile caps mean a bulk job returns a comparable slice of each.

How do I find followers shared between two profiles? Run both in one job, then group the dataset on username and keep rows appearing more than once. source_username tells you which profiles each overlap came from. That intersection is usually a better audience signal than either list alone.

Do I need an Instagram login? No. Nothing logs in and no session cookie is passed, so no account of yours is exposed to Instagram's automation detection.

Can I export followers of a private profile? No. Private profiles don't publish follower lists, and there's no logged-in session here to reach one.

Why did a profile return fewer rows than its follower count? Instagram pages these lists and stops short of the full roster on large accounts. limit: 0 takes everything offered, which is a ceiling set by Instagram rather than by this Actor. continueFrom pushes further across runs.

What does addonProfile cost on a bulk job? One extra request and one billable event per row — and on bulk exports that's the dominant cost. A 20,000-row job with enrichment on is 20,000 extra requests. Export thin, then enrich the shortlist.

How does this differ from your other follower Actors? Instagram Followers & Following Scraper adds a direction switch for the following list. Instagram Followers Scraper — No Login covers the same followers-only ground as this one. Use the first when you need the following side.

Other Instagram Actors

Actor	Use when
Instagram Followers & Following	You want the following list too
Instagram User Search	You don't have profile names yet
Instagram Profile Content	You want their posts, reels, or stories
Instagram Hashtag & Keyword Search	You're searching by subject, not profile

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